5 great books about mountain exploration

February 13, 2011 Reviews and tributes africa, andes, annapurna, bill tilman, book reviews, chimborazo, cotopaxi, douglas freshfield, ecuador, edward whymper, eric shipton, exploration, famous explorers, himalayas, india, k2, kangchenjunga, karakoram, kilimanjaro, maurice herzog, mount kenya, mountain literature, nepal, rwenzori mountains, travel writing 2 Comments

5 great books about mountain exploration

If you like books about mountaineering, here are some of my favourites. I make no claims that these are the 5 best books about mountain exploration ever written, because I can’t claim to have read them all. They are simply

Baruntse post mortem: bad luck or bad decision-making?

November 14, 2010 Trip reports 8000m peaks, adventure peaks, baruntse, chewang nima sherpa, cho oyu, everest, false summit claims, frostbite, karakoram, kathmandu, lukla, mark dickson, nepal, sandy allan, summitclimb 4 Comments

Baruntse post mortem: bad luck or bad decision-making?

Mountaineering can be a frustrating business and exceptional weather conditions across the Karakoram and Himalayas has made this year one of the most frustrating in recent times for high altitude climbers, with a hugely reduced number of summits on all

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